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It does sound like a good deal. ProjectorCentral says that it will do a review when it gets one, who knows when that will be though.

I did a search last week since I was interested in the unit as well, and the only place that I was able to find it (here in the U.S.) was at Dell, everywhere else it comes up as not in stock, which is not surprising since I didnt even think it had come out yet. Anyhow, for what it is worth, here is an excerpt from ProjectorCentral:

Optoma also unveiled plans for an H30 entry level home theater product. Also rated at 2000:1 contrast, this will be an SVGA resolution DLP product featuring a 6 segment 4x speed color wheel which will be priced at or below $1,399. Scheduled to ship in late fourth quarter, this would be the least expensive home theater projector on the market to incorporate the highly desirable 6 segment, 4x color wheel architecture.

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Looking for my first projector at present, and found the H30 listed here for 1185+vat (which, as expected, comes to roughly 1399 quid). The specs and brochure are a little vague about the native resolution - presumably it's still 800x600?

Having concentrated on LCD models due to the 'rainbow' artifacts reported with the cheapest DLP PJs, I'm not very 'clued-up' about different DLP implementations. Does the 6-segment wheel and 4x speed arrangement make a big difference?